CEOCIDCRA 101 



Crocidura russula russula Hermann. 



1777. Sorex araneus Schreber, Siiugthiere, iii, p. 573 (not of Linnaeus, 1758). 

 1780. Sorex russulics Hermann in Zimmermann, Geogr. Gesch., ii, p. 382 



(vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). 

 1780. ?? Sorex constrictns Hermann in Zimmerinann, Geogr. Gesch., ir, 



p. 383 (vicinity of Strassburg, Germany). Based on young in nest. 



1792. ■?•? Sorex unicolor Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 208 (Strassburg, Germany. 



Based on Pennant's account of Sorex constrictus). 



1793. Sorex musaraneus Cuvier, Tabl. Til6m. de I'Hist. Nat. des Anim., 



p. 109 (France). 



1800. ?? Sorex Icncurus Shaw, Gen. Zool., I, pt. 2, p. 538 (Strassburg, 



Germany. Based on Schreber, pi. clixc, S. constrictns Hermann). 



1801. S[prex^ alraneiis'] cincreus Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgesch. Deutsch- 



lands, I, 2nd ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Thiiringen, Germany). 

 ISOl. S[orcx\ a[raneus'] candidus Bechstein, Gemeinn. Naturgesch. Deutsch- 



lands, I, 2nd ed., p. 867, misprinted 863 (Thiiringen, Germany). 

 1832. Sorex fimbriat us Wagler, Isis, p. 54 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Croc[;idu7-d] moschafa Wagler, Isis, p. 275 (Substitute for Sorex 



fimbriatus). 

 1832. C\^rocidiira] major Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (Bavaria, Germany). 

 1832. Crocidura rufa Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of the Rhine, Germany). 

 1832. Crocidura poliogaster Wagler, Isis, p. 1218 (banks of the Bhine, 



Germany). 

 1832. Sorex thoracicus Savi, Nuovo Giorn. de' Letterati, Pisa, xxiv, p. 52 



(near Pisa, Italy). 

 1839. ? Sorex inodorus de S61ys-Longchamps, Etudes de Micromamm., 



p. 34 (Savi cited as authority, but name apparently published here 



for the first time as synonym of aranea (= russula)). 

 1839. ? [Crocidura ara7iea] var. ininor de Selys-Longchamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 35 (Silesia). 

 1839. [Crocidura aranea] var. albivcntris de S61ys-Longchamps, Etudes de 



Micromamm., p. 36. (No locality given.) 

 1839. ? Crocidura hydruntina Costa, Fauna del Ragno di Napoli, Mamm., 



p. 6 (Otrauto, Calabria, Italy). 

 1855. Sorex chnjsothorax Dehne, Allg. deutsche Xaturhist. Zeitung, Neue 



Folge, I, p. 241 (Wilsdurf, near Dresden, Germany). 

 1857. Crocidura araneus Blasius, Saugethiere, Deutschlands, p. 144. 

 1895. Crocidura russula Thomas, The Zoologist, 3rd ser., xix, p. 63, 



February, 1895. 

 1910. Crocidura russula Trouessart, Panne Mamm. d'Europe, p. 43. 



Tyjje locality. — Vicinity of Strassburg, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Europe, from Holland and 

 central Germany to the valley of the Garonne and the coast of 

 south-eastern France (Var) ; Italy ; Sardinia 1 * ; Guernsey and 

 Alderney, Channel Islands. 



Diagruh<<is. — Size rather large (hind foot, 11 "7 to 14, condy- 

 lobasal lengtli of skull, 19 to 20-4), and colour usually dark, 

 seldom, if ever, becoming a light drab except in rather worn 

 summer pelage. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of four specimens from 

 Oosterbeek, Gueldei'land, Holland : head and body, 78 (76-81) ; 

 tail, 41 (37-45); hind foot, 12-8 (12 -2-13 -9). "Average and 



* I have seen five Sardinian specimens in the Genoa Museum 

 resembling the typical form of Crocidura russula and differing widely 

 from the Corsicau C. cyrnensis (see pp. 111-112). 



